Curtain-pole.



PATENTED OUT. 16, 1906.- T. F. THOMPSON & A. P. BALDWIN.

CURTAIN POLE. APPLIOATION FILED MAYZS, 1906.

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No. 833,564. PATENTED 001B. 16. 1906.

TLP. THOMPSON & A. P. BALDWIN.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1906.

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OF BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Application filed May 28,1906. Serial No. 818,401.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS F. THOMP- SON, residing at Monessen, in the county of Westmoreland, and ALVA PORTER BALDWIN, residing at Belle Vernon, in the county of Fayette, State of Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ourtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had-therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in curtain-poles; and the invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive pole for curtains that can be swung outwardly from a window, permitting of easy access being had to the window when the same is to be cleansed or renovated.

Another object of this invention is to provide a two-part pivoted pole and novel means for temporarily retaining the parts of the pole in longitudinal alinement with one another.

With these and other objects inview, which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference now being had to the drawings forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a windowfralme equipped with our improved curtainpo e. window-frame, illustrating a curtain-pole in plan. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a curtainpole, illustrating a modified form of construction. Fig. 4 is a plan of the same. Fig. 5 is an end view of the pole. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of bracket. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a coupling member used in connection with our improved pole, and Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the same.

To put our invention into practice, we provide a window-frame 1 with side brackets 2, carrying upwardly-extending pins 3, upon which T- shaped connections 4 are pivotally mounted. In the one end of each connection is mounted a curtain-pole 5, while secured in the other end of said connection is a Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the' suitable ornamentation 6. The curtainpoles 5 are adapted to sup ort curtains 6 and since the poles are pivotal y mounted relative to the window-frame the curtains can be easily swung outwardly from said frame.

A particular feature of our invention resides in a coupling member 7, carried by one of the poles 5 and adapted to couple with the other of said poles. The member 7 comprises a sleeve 8, threaded upon the end of one of the poles 5, and the outer end of said sleeve is cut away in its side, as at 9, to receive the end 10 of the associate pole 5. In the sleeve 8 is pivotally mounted a latch 1 1, the free end of which is adapted to engage in the end 10 of the associate pole, said end being slotted, as at 12, to receive the end of said latch. The oppositeend 0f the latch lies over an opening 14, formed in the sleeve 8, and is provided with a depending cord or chain 15,

by which the latch is released from the end '10 of the pole 5.

By the construction of the coupling member 7 we are enabled to connect the inner ends of the poles 5 and form practically one pole. In some instances we can drape the curtains 6 over the member 7 whereby the same will be invisible and the pole will present a neat and attractive appearence.

In Figs. 3 and 4 we have illustrated the poles 5' as having ornamentations 6 instead of coupling members 7, and in Fig. 6 we have shown a screw-bracket 2, having an integral pin 3, upon which a pole can be pivotally mounted. However, our invention particularly resides in the poles and coupling member illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

The poles and their ap urtenant parts are constructed of metal, w -ch can be highly polished or finished to conform to the frame with which it is used, and such changes in the size and minor details of construction as are permissible by the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a curtain-pole, the combination with p a window-frame, of brackets carried by said frame, poles pivotally mounted upon said brackets and normally lying in longitudinal alinement with one another, a coupling member carried by one of said poles, said member embodying a sleeve recessed at one side,a latch 3'. A curtain-pole consisting of two pivoted parts, and a coupling member carried by one of said parts and adapted to engage the other of said parts, said member comprising a sleeve and apivoted latch, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses. v

THOMAS F. THOMPSON. ALVA PORTER BALDWIN. Witnesses:

H; O. EVERT, E. E. POTTER. 

